Game Over
The NFL is an emperor with no clothes, no morals, and vaults of gold. As we prepare for Super Bowl XLVII, author Dave Zirin explains how greed and corruption have ruined the game, endangered players, and fleeced the public.
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January 25, 2013: Morning
* "Bitterly cold conditions" expected to continue across much of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast. * Astonishing pictures of Chicago's freezing fire. * Everything you need to know about snowflake shapes comes from a scientist in Southern California. * Audio experts explain why it's clear that Beyoncé
January 24, 2013: Afternoon
* GOP hatches plan to award electoral votes by Congressional district outcomes—which would have resulted in a Romney victory. * One of Obama's reelection engineers launches effort to turn Texas blue—which would effectively end the Republican Party. * A dispatch from the Disinaugural Ball. * Audio engineer says Beyoncé'
Smog of War
More than a decade after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan—now our longest war—most Americans still know next to nothing about the people who live there, and the liberties denied them. Lessons from a rapid education.
January 24, 2013: Morning
* Since Sandy Hook, there have been at least 1,173 gun deaths in America. * Pentagon to remove ban on female service members in combat roles, based on women’s valor in Iraq and Afghanistan. * Navies still having trouble on that front underwater—42 countries use submarines, but only six allow
Three Shades of Celebrity Desire
By the time these words are committed to the internet, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez will have been broken up for over three weeks, a week longer than they were together after their original breakup last Thanksgiving, aka the worst month of my life, aka the Merciless Pit of Despair,
Kluay Buat Chee
One of my earliest memories involves a table on fire. I was no more than three or four years old, and I was celebrating some occasion with the paternal side of my family at a Bangkok restaurant. In the middle of the lunch, someone knocked over a gel-fuel buffet
January 23, 2013: Afternoon
* NIH to permanently retire almost all of its 451 research chimpanzees. * Scientists say oxytocin—not blood relation or sex—is behind cooperation among chimp populations. * Food detective find fake ingredients in grocery-store products. * Restaurants are asking diners to stop photographing their food. * Premier chefs agree that to eliminate hunger,
Clenching the Night Away
A mouth guard can do more than save our enamel from nighttime gnashing. It may also shield us from our daily anxieties.
January 23, 2013: Morning
* Taliban says Prince Harry has "mental problems" for comparing his role in killing militants to playing video games. * Experiments that involve puppets suggest infants have an instinct to prefer good over evil. * The U.S. is only the 85th most diverse country in the world; Canada ranks first.